Tag: Finding joy

For your Maker is your husband – the LORD Almighty is his name – the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth. Isaiah 54:5 NIV

Good morning!

What are you magnifying in your life? You know…that thing you can’t stop thinking about. We can magnify the Good or we can magnify the bad…

It is easy to get swept up in our current problems and let our minds roll over and over trying to figure out an answer or make a plan as to how are going to combat it, or try to figure out how we even got here in the first place. A few things that get magnified in our lives are

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But as we let our minds run wild with thoughts all we are actually doing is magnifying the challenge we face. We take our situation and make it bigger and bigger and bigger in our minds until it becomes all consuming.

Do you have something in your mind that you are magnifying?

Is our situation bigger than our God? The God of all the earth? The one who laid its foundation and binds up the waters?

Not likely.

Instead of magnifying our current situation friend, let’s magnify God. Let’s lay down our anxiety at His feet and lift our eyes to Him. Let’s start making Jesus bigger in our days and step into the peace that comes with trusting Him in and through ALL things.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. I love that saying. When your going gets tough, what gets you going? We all need motivation and encouragement along the way because some days the struggle is real.

So let’s share some of our favorite quotes, scriptures, songs, etc. to encourage one another!

Click to listen to my “go to” motivational song! Anytime I need a little push this is where I start. And I follow it up with this scripture:

“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. – King David (Psalm 16:11)

When we get in His presence it is there we will find the fullness of joy, and when we find joy in Him we find our stride.

So please share what gets you going! Let’s encourage one another today.

Finding joy in the little things…When I look at the smile on this boys face as he sips full strength juice it makes my heart smile. As I sat on my bench watching him I began to think about all the things we already have, all that Jesus has already done, to bring a smile to our faces.

It seems that most of the time we tend to focus on the things we don’t have. We plan, we strive, we set goals, and we work hard. All good things! It keeps us moving forward, but it also keeps our focus on things we don’t have yet. And if we aren’t careful we become dissatisfied with where we are.

Let’s not forget to remember all the things He has already done for us. It is so good to stop and look and think and smile. Smile at the gifts He has given us.